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The Journal of International Security Affairs

An American twice-yearly electronic journal covering international relations and United States foreign and defense policy.

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Overview

The Journal of International Security Affairs is an American electronic publication focused on international relations, national security, and United States foreign and defense policy. It was established in 2001 and is published twice a year by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a Washington-based organization concerned with defense and security issues. The journal operates as a policy-oriented periodical rather than as a general-interest news publication, providing a platform for analysis and commentary on strategic affairs, military policy, diplomacy, terrorism, regional security, and related questions in international politics. The publication is associated with the policy community surrounding JINSA and has featured contributors and editorial advisers drawn from government, the military, academia, and foreign-policy institutions. Its editorial profile reflects an emphasis on the relationship between security policy and international affairs, with particular attention to the role of the United States in global defense and diplomacy. The journal's electronic format allows it to circulate policy analysis beyond a conventional print readership, while its twice-yearly schedule gives it a more essay-driven and thematic character than a daily or weekly news outlet. The journal's editor-in-chief is identified as Ilan Berman, who is also associated with the American Foreign Policy Council. Notable figures identified as members of its editorial board include John Bolton, a former United States ambassador to the United Nations and former United States national security adviser, and Major General Sidney Schachnow, who is deceased. These associations place the publication within a network of American strategic-policy institutions and practitioners. The journal is headquartered in Washington, D.C., the center of the United States foreign-policy and national-security establishment. Its principal audience consists of policymakers, defense and intelligence professionals, diplomats, scholars, journalists, students, and readers interested in strategic affairs. Publicly available reference material does not establish a separate commercial product portfolio, a listed corporate structure, or independently reported financial results. The journal is best understood as a specialized policy publication and institutional communications brand operated under the JINSA umbrella.

History

The Journal of International Security Affairs was established in 2001 as an American publication devoted to international relations and United States foreign and defense policy. From its inception, it has been published by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, linking the journal to a Washington-based policy organization with a focus on national security and defense issues. The journal developed as an electronic periodical issued twice each year. This format distinguishes it from daily news organizations and from high-frequency professional newsletters: its role is primarily to present considered analysis, policy discussion, and expert commentary on international security. Its subject matter sits at the intersection of diplomacy, military affairs, strategic studies, and American foreign policy. The publication's editorial network has included figures from the American national-security and foreign-policy community. Ilan Berman is identified as its editor-in-chief and is also associated with the American Foreign Policy Council. The editorial board has included John Bolton, who served as United States ambassador to the United Nations and later as United States national security adviser, as well as Major General Sidney Schachnow. These associations contributed to the journal's policy-oriented identity and connected it with practitioners and commentators familiar with government and defense institutions. The journal is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Its location supports its institutional relationship with the United States foreign-policy community, although the publication's electronic distribution gives it an audience beyond the capital and beyond the United States. Available reference material describes its subject coverage and publishing relationship but does not document a detailed sequence of ownership changes, product expansions, financial events, or major redesigns. It also does not provide enough information to establish a complete chronology of editors, editorial-board appointments, or issue-level themes. In its documented form, The Journal of International Security Affairs remains a specialized electronic journal and policy platform. Its core identity is defined by a twice-yearly publishing rhythm, an international-security remit, a Washington base, and its connection to the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.

  • 2001

    Journal established

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    The Journal of International Security Affairs was established as an American electronic journal focused on international relations and United States foreign and defense policy.

Products and positioning

A specialist, policy-oriented security and foreign-affairs journal associated with the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs and aimed at readers engaged with strategic, defense, and international-policy questions.

  • Electronic policy journal · 2001

    The Journal of International Security Affairs

    The publication's principal offering is a twice-yearly electronic journal covering international relations and United States foreign and defense policy. It is positioned as a specialist policy forum rather than a general news service, drawing on perspectives from the foreign-policy, defense, military, and national-security communities. Public reference material does not identify separately branded product lines or editions.

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